WEBVTT IS LIVE THERE TONIGHT WITHREACTION FROM NEIGHBORS.KAREN?KAREN: THEY ARE SURPRISEDBECAUSE THIS CORNER STORE OPENEDA FEW MONTHS AGO AND THEY CANNOTBELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THISWOULD HAPPEN WITHIN THE LASTCOUPLE OF MINUTES.POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERSEXITED WITH BOXES AND HAND ANDTHEY SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS ANDLOCKED THE DOORS CREATE IN THELAST COUPLE OF MINUTES TO PEOPLE, POLICE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE INCUSTODY AND TELL ME THAT CHARGESARE PENDING.POLICE COME A FIREFIGHTERSHAZMAT CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE, AFTER ABOUT 11:00 A.M.TODAY TO SERVE A SEARCH ANDSEIZURE WARRANT HERE AT CHARLESVILLAGE DISCOUNT MART LOCATED AT22ND AND NORTH CHARLES STREETS.POLICE SAY A SUSPECTED LARGEAMOUNT OF THE HIGHLY DANGEROUSOPIOID FENTANYL WAS FOUND INSIDETHE STORE.FENTANYL IS ABOUT 50 TIMES MOREPOTENT THAN HEROIN.STATE HEALTH LEADERS SAY THELARGEST INCREASES IN OVERDOSEDEATHS CONTINUE TO BEFENTANYL-RELATED.WE HAVE SEEN HAD -- HAZMAT CREWSIN SUITS, THEY WERE GOING IN THESTORAGE OF PERCUSSION.THE FUNCTIONAL IS HIGHLY POTENT.WE SPOKE WITH A NEIGHBOR, AREVEREND, WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUTMANY OF THESE CORNER STORES.THEY MAY BE OPERATING ILLEGALLY.>> SOMEONE ELSE THEY WERETELLING ME THAT THIS FENTANYL ISBEING MADE IN THESE CORNERSTORES AND WE ARE FIGHTING ABOUTTHIS ON NORTH AVENUE AREA WHEREI'M ATAND IT'S, IT'S KILLING PEOPLE.KAREN: POLICE TELL US THAT THEYHAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT THEY AREQUESTIONING IN THIS CASE ANDONCE WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION

Hazardous materials crews dressed in safety suits Tuesday recovered a large amount of suspected fentanyl at a north Baltimore drug bust.Police, fire and hazmat crews converged around 11 a.m. to serve a search-and-seizure warrant at the Charles Village Discount Mart located at 22nd and North Charles streets. Police said a large amount of what's suspected to be the highly dangerous opioid fentanyl was found inside the store.Police have identified the suspects of the search and seizure warrant as Ahmed Alraohani, 49, and Shrif Sharbi, 22, of the 5600 block of Hamlet Avenue.Neighbors said fentanyl is being made in the basement of many corner stores.Fentanyl is about 50 times more potent than heroin. State health officials said the largest increases in overdose deaths continue to be fentanyl-related.The Rev. Keith Bailey, president of the Fulton Heights Community Association, said he believes some of the corners stores are operating illegally."Someone else, they were telling me that this fentanyl is being made in these corner stores, and we are fighting about this on the North Avenue area where I'm at, and it's killing people," Bailey said.According to Maryland Department of Health, there were 799 fentanyl overdose deaths in the state between January and July.

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Hazardous materials crews dressed in safety suits Tuesday recovered a large amount of suspected fentanyl at a north Baltimore drug bust.

Police, fire and hazmat crews converged around 11 a.m. to serve a search-and-seizure warrant at the Charles Village Discount Mart located at 22nd and North Charles streets. Police said a large amount of what's suspected to be the highly dangerous opioid fentanyl was found inside the store.

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Police have identified the suspects of the search and seizure warrant as Ahmed Alraohani, 49, and Shrif Sharbi, 22, of the 5600 block of Hamlet Avenue.

Neighbors said fentanyl is being made in the basement of many corner stores.

Fentanyl is about 50 times more potent than heroin. State health officials said the largest increases in overdose deaths continue to be fentanyl-related.

The Rev. Keith Bailey, president of the Fulton Heights Community Association, said he believes some of the corners stores are operating illegally.

"Someone else, they were telling me that this fentanyl is being made in these corner stores, and we are fighting about this on the North Avenue area where I'm at, and it's killing people," Bailey said.

According to Maryland Department of Health, there were 799 fentanyl overdose deaths in the state between January and July.